ERSTWHILE SUPER EAGLES CAPTAIN AND COACH SUNDAY OLISEH SAID HE HAS NOTHING BUT FOND MEMORIES  AS THE FOOTBALL WORLD CONTINUES TO MOURN THE DEMISE OF  LEGENDARY DIEGO MARADONA. THE RENOWNED  FOOTBALLER   REPORTEDLY SUFFERED CARDIAC  ARREST AND DIED AT AGE 60 ON WEDNESDAY   BUT OLISEH WHO HELD THE MIDFIELD FOR NIGERIA IN THE HISTORIC GROUP D  […]

NIGERIA’S NATIONAL MEN BASKETBALL TEAM D’TIGERS YESTERDAY BEGAN THEIR CAMPAIGNS AT THE FIBA AFROBASKET 2021 QUALIFIERS WITH A CONVINCING 76-56 WIN OVER SOUTH SUDAN. THE COACH MIKE BROWN-TUTORED SIDE DOMINATED THE TIE FROM THE FIRST QUARTER TO HAND THE SOUTH SUDAN SIDE THEIR FIRST DEFEAT IN THE COMPETITION. NIGERIA WON THE FIRST QUARTER AT 22-17 […]

SOUTH KOREA’S INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FOILED NORTH KOREAN ATTEMPTS TO HACK INTO SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES DEVELOPING CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, THE NEWS1 AGENCY REPORTED ON FRIDAY, CITING A MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. LEGISLATOR HA TAE-KEUNG SAID AFTER BEING BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE THE AGENCY DID NOT SPECIFY HOW MANY AND WHICH DRUGMAKERS WERE TARGETED […]

A PARIS COURT HAS REJECTED A REQUEST TO POSTPONE THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY AND TWO OTHER DEFENDANTS, ORDERING THEM TO APPEAR IN PERSON FOR HEARINGS THAT WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY. SARKOZY BECAME FRANCE’S FIRST MODERN HEAD OF STATE TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK THIS WEEK, ON SUSPICIONS HE PROMISED A […]

THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AIR FORCE SAYS NIGERIA MAY LOSE THE $493MILLION PAID TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPER TUCANO FIGHTER PLANES. THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AIR FORCE, MIKE NNACHI, STATED THIS WHEN HE PRESENTED THE 2021 BUDGET REPORT OF THE AIR FORCE BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATION. […]